Give a Gift of Scholarship this Holiday Season

LANSING 11/30/12 – The Lansing Community College (LCC) Foundation
recently kicked off its annual Giving Campaign to raise funds for
scholarships for LCC students in need of financial assistance. This year’s
theme is ichange, noting that a donor’s gift can change a life and a
community.

The Foundation provides some $325,000 in
scholarship aid each year but it isn’t enough to help all the
students in need. Approximately 40 percent of students enrolled
at LCC come from families that are low-income according to
standards defined by the federal Pell Grant program. Many
are the first in their families to attend college.

“Our students include recent high-school
graduates, single mothers who delayed pursuing their higher
education goals, working men and women who want to advance their
careers, and individuals who have lost their jobs and need to
re-invent themselves,” said Dan McKean, Executive Director of
the LCC Foundation. ”They are our community’s future nurses, lab
techs, police officers, EMTs, computer programmers, welders,
machinists, doctors, lawyers, and teachers.”

McKean said while LCC’s tuition remains
among the lowest of all Michigan community colleges, many
students still struggle to make ends meet and rely on
scholarships to help them achieve their academic goals.

The LCC Foundation has made it easy to
donate. Individuals and businesses can donate online at
www.ichange.lcc.edu, or
they can text ichange to 56512. Donors can target their gift to
one or more of the following: